2007 Chevrolet Cobalt complaints

I PURCHASED A NEW 2007 COBALT ON 8/1/07. I COULD NOT START THE CAR AT NIGHT ON TWO OCCASIONS WHEN I WAS TRYING TO GO TO WORK AS A NURSE AND THE THIRD TIME THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN OFF . IT KEPT RUNNING AND WAS TOWED. *TR

NO INCIDENTS HAVE HAPPEN, BUT I NOTICED MY SIX YEAR OLD SITTING IN HIS BOOSTER SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE SEDAN LS AND THE SHOULDER BELT COVERS OVER HIS NECK AND CHIN AREA, THERE IS NO WAY TO ADJUST IT?? AND HE IS EVEN TALL FOR HIS AGE, HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER COMPLAINTS?? AND IF NOT MAYBE SOMEONE COULD LOOK IN TO IT ?? WE JUST BOUGHT THIS 2007 CHEVY CO BOLT LS. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION WHILE IT WAS PARKED. THE DEALER REPLACED THE SHIFTER ASSEMBLY. THE FRONT PASSENGER RIM WAS DENTED AND ALSO REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,700 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

OWN A 2007 CHEVY COBALT, AND AFTER 9,000 MILES OF HIGHWAY DRIVING THE CAR WHEELS DENTED IN CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO SHUDDER LOUDLY. BROUGHT IT INTO THE CHEVY REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID I HAD HIT SOMETHING. UNFOUNDED CLAIM WHEREAS I HAD HIT NOTHING. *TR

BRAND NEW CAR HAD TO REPLACE TIRES JUST UNDER 30K MILES. *JB

OUR '07 CHEVY COBALT'S LEFT REAR TIRE OUTBOARD SIDEWALL JUST SEPARATED JUST BELOW THE EDGE OF TREAD ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TIRE. LUCKILY WAS JUST ACCELERATING UP AN ON-RAMP TO HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN IT BLEW. NO TREAD OR OTHER SIDEWALL DAMAGE LEAD TO THIS (I.E. PUNCTURES/DEBREE IN TIRE) - CAR HAS UNDER 1,000 MILES. *TR

POPPING OR KNOCKING NOISE WHEN TURNING ,WHEN TURNING AT TIMES THE STEERING DOESN'T RETURN AND HAS TO BE PULLED BACK, FEELS LIKE IT IS LOCKED OR SOMETHING, SHUTTERS AT TIMES . *TR

WHILE DRIVING E. ON HIGHWAY 60 IN AZ, I NOTICED MY STEERING WHEEL STICKING ONCE IN A WHILE. AFTER DRIVING THRU DEVEL'S CANYON THE STEERING KEPT PULLING TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE THEN IT WOULD STOP PULLING, OVER AND OVER. WHEN I WAS ON FLAT ROAD AGAIN THE STEERING PULLED REAL SHARP TO THE RIGHT AND WOULD NOT TURN LEFT, AFTER A SECOND OF THIS THE STEERING FINALLY FREED ITSELF AGAIN BUT MAKING THE STEERING VERY TOUCHY, WHEN THIS HAPPENED THE CAR STARTED SWEERVING SIDE TO SIDE AND ENDED UP HITTING THE GUARD RAIL ON THE EAST BOUND SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. I WAS GOING APROX. 52 MPH IN A 55 MPH AREA. WHEN I HIT THE GUARD RAIL THE CAR HIT ALMOST HEAD ON AND THE AIR BAGS NEVER WENT OFF.

I HAD A FRONT IMPACT COLLISION WITH MY NEW 2007 CHEVY COBALT. I WAS TRAVELING 40 TO 45 MPH WHEN THE IMPACT OCCURED. MY AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. BY THE GRACE OF GOD I WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACCIDENT UNHARMED BUT MY CAR WAS TOTALED. I CONTACTED GM AND THEY HAD AN ENGINEER INSPECT MY CAR AND DETERMINED THE AIRBAG SHOULD HAVE GONE OFF BUT SINCE THE CAR WAS A TOTAL LOSS AND NO ONE WAS HURT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HEARS A KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE NOISE IS USUALLY LOUDER WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS BELOW 50 DEGREES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IT SOUNDS AS IF SOMEONE IS INSIDE THE TRUNK. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE CANNOT BE REPAIRED AND REFERENCED THE CONTACT TO SERVICE BULLETIN # 1890375. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 4,577 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 500.

CAR MAKES A SERIES OF KNOCKS ON A COLD START---SOUNDS AS IF SOMEONE IS LOCKED INSIDE THE TRUNK OF THE VEHICLE. CHEVY HAS LOOKED AT MY VEHICLE AND SAID IT WAS DUE TO A BULLETIN STATING A NOISY EVAP SYSTEM, WHICH IT IS NOT FIXABLE. I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE WHAT ACTION WILL BE TAKEN. *JB

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 CHEVROLET COBALT. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SLIDE FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND VIBRATE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE SNOWY AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE DEALER STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED DUE TO THE SNOW TRAPPED IN THE WHEELS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WHEELS WERE A DEFECTIVE AND A SAFETY HAZARD. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGE WERE BOTH 119,000. *AK

PURCHASED NEW COBALT 2007 IN AUGUST OF 2006. BEGAN NOTICING HYDROPLANING AND CONTROL PROBLEMS. NOW THAT IT IS WINTER, THE CAR WILL NOT STEER, IT PULLS AND THE TRACTION IS TERRIBLE. I HAVE BEEN STUCK SEVERAL TIMES. I NO LONGER PERMIT MY WIFE TO DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE FOR FEAR OF A COLLISION OR WORSE. WE HAVE PARKED THE VEHICLE AND CONTACTED OUR DEALER WITH SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ONLY TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. THE PROPER CHANNELS TO REPORT THIS HAS BEEN FOLLOWED BUT TP NO AVAIL HAS ANYTHING BEEN DONE TO REPLACE THE TIRES (SAFETY FIRST) AND WE FEEL SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE BEFORE A SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH OCCURS. WE HAVE SEARCHED AND FOUND NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH THE TOURING CONTACT AS TIRE AND BELIEVE THAT OURS HAS SOME VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. WE NEED HELP NOW. *NM

ENTERED CAR (DRIVER'S SIDE) AND DID NOT CLOSE DOOR COMPLETELY. "DOOR AJAR" INDICATOR DID NOT REMAIN LIT. DROVE AWAY AND WHILE DRIVING DOOR OPENED. NO CAR WAS IN OPPOSING LANE (2 LANE ROAD) SO NOTHING WAS STRUCK BY THE OPEN DOOR. MY SAFETY COMPLAINT IS THAT THE "DOOR AJAR" LIGHT TURNS OFF BEFORE IT SHOULD (BEFORE THE DOOR IS COMPLETELY CLOSED AND LATCHED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER TODAY (10/19) AND EXPLAINED THE CONCERN. THEY AGREED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM AND ACTUALLY TESTED SEVERAL OTHER CARS (SAME MODEL) ON THE NEW CAR LOT AND FOUND THAT THEY ALL HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY ALSO TESTED THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR AND IT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THEY SPOKE WITH THEIR REGIONAL REP AND WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS A "KNOWN CHARACTERISTIC" OF THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO FIX IT. I THEN CALLED THE GENERAL MOTORS NATIONAL CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER AND WAS TOLD EXACTLY THE SAME THING. IN MY OPINION THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM SINCE THE CAR DOES NOT WARN YOU THAT THE DOOR IS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED AND LATCHED AS IT SHOULD. *NM